Method for making a reinforced wall or foundation

Abstract

A method of erecting a building which comprises installing internal, panel-like forms; mounting a metallic reinforcing mesh spaced from said walls and thereafter spraying a concrete or other settable mass onto said formwork and reinforcing mesh to incorporate the form and mesh into a wall with the concrete. In the building of a house, the formwork and reinforcement can be erected as, for example, a foundation or other lower level and thereafter the walls and floors of the upper levels may be disposed upon that form. Only subsequently need the spraying of the concrete onto the reinforcing mesh be completed.

I claim: 
     
       1. A method of building a house or the like comprising forming a wall supporting foundation; assembling a plurality of panel elements on said foundation to form exterior walls of a first level of said house; disposing a reinforcing structure about said walls and spaced from exterior surfaces thereof; mounting a floor and walls for an upper level of said house upon upper edges of said panel elements and thereafter incorporating said reinforcing structure into walls with said panel elements by applying a settable mass thereto, said panel elements having a particular thickness and said walls for said upper level having a similar thickness, said walls of said upper level being disposed above and offset from said said panel elements, and wherein said mass is applied to said exterior walls of said first level to a thickness whereby the surface of said mass is contiguous with an outer surface of a wall of said upper level. 
     
     
       2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said mass is applied by spraying. 
     
     
       3. A method as claimed in claim 2 wherein said mass is concrete. 
     
     
       4. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said panel-like structure comprises two spaced gypsum boards between which is disposed an insulating material.